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Aircraft Maintenance
Inspecting, servicing, troubleshooting and repairing all types of aircraft, ensuring rigorous quality and safety standards.
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Why is this skill important?
An aircraft maintenance technician may work on commercial or private aircrafts applying a range of highly skilled tasks and processes including inspection, servicing, troubleshooting, removal, installation, rigging, testing, and repairing.
While a technician might specialize on a particular type of aircraft, in all cases they will exhibit strong organization and self-management, communication, and interpersonal skills. The ability to solve problems and work safely, always adhering to industry regulations and manufacturers’ instructions are the universal attributes of the outstanding aircraft maintenance technician.
As a part of a worldwide industry and in a time of 24/7 global travel the aircraft maintenance technician faces rapidly expanding opportunities and exciting challenges in commercial and private aviation - even including travelling into space.
Could this skill be for you?
If you like:
- Fixing things
- Complex problems
- Using tools
- Things that move
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The Challenge
Important elements of the challenge include:
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The aircraft maintenance technician will undertake a number of processes including sheet metal repair, following supplied drawings.
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Each Competitor will also complete a visual Inspection of a helicopter prior to flight.
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Competitors are tested on removing and installing components in an aircraft simulator.
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Adhering to industry regulations and manufacturer's’ instructions are essential to this Skill.
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Results
| Medal | Result | Competitor | Country/region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 733 | Matias Korri | Finland |
| Gold | 732 | Jarrod Wood | New Zealand |
| Bronze | 728 | YEONSEONG JEONG | Korea |
| Medallion for Excellence | 725 | Rafael De Borba | Brazil |
| Medallion for Excellence | 722 | joseph massey | United Kingdom |
| Medallion for Excellence | 712 | Alexandre Sidorchuk | Canada |
| Medallion for Excellence | 708 | Colum Farrelly | Ireland |
| Medallion for Excellence | 700 | Fangyi Zou | China |
| Medallion for Excellence | 700 | CHUN-CHUAN CHEN | Chinese Taipei |
| 698 | Caroline Söderqvist | Sweden | |
| 691 | Christophe GUICHEMERRE | France | |
| 689 | Wei Ting Low | Singapore | |
| 682 | Roman Donchevskii | Russia | |
| 650 | Yaser Rahmani | United Arab Emirates | |
| 618 | Khalid Alabdulkarim | Saudi Arabia | |
| 586 | Euphrasia Mulenga | Zambia | |
How to compete
To reach the level of skills required to compete in a WorldSkills Competition takes several years of training and dedication. But the best time to start is now.
Find out more about how to take part in a WorldSkills Competition.